BlueGreen Alliance | Work Areas and Issues Clean Economy Union Jobs

bluegreen alliance logo

Menu

Updates & Resources

Work Area

Type

State

Date

Blog / Infrastructure and Community Resilience

Building Clean: Improving Efficiency, Health, and Equity in Housing and Creating Good Jobs

When buildings are designed, built, and maintained to protect the health of people and the environment—and if the manufacturing of building products and materials create good-paying union jobs in the U.S.—then the wellbeing of people and communities will improve, especially for people of color. Building Clean works to increase the use of building products that are more efficient, less toxic, and manufactured in the U.S. We aim to improve the physical, environmental, and economic health of communities and promote a more equitable future for all.

Policy Priorities / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

Manufacturing towns dot the nation, and advanced manufacturing helps provide the foundation for the economy in major regions of the United States. Industries like the steel and automotive industries supported good-paying jobs, middle-class families, and prosperous communities for decades, while also spurring American leadership in innovation and technology. That’s still true in some areas. But in many others, factories have closed or new industries offer jobs that all too often are poorly paid, insecure, or unsafe.

All Updates & Resources

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

UAW Joins BlueGreen Alliance

The BlueGreen Alliance today announced the United Auto Workers (UAW) will join its growing national labor-environmental partnership and its fight for a clean, prosperous, and equitable economy. The announcement comes at a vital time in the domestic auto industry. The industry is at a crossroads, with the United States poised to be a global leader in clean vehicle and electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing—helping to bring back high-skill, high-wage, union jobs.

Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs

The BlueGreen Alliance Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment to Consider Potential Offshore Wind Leasing in Federal Waters of the Gulf of Mexico

Offshore wind energy presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to advance this mission if developed in an environmentally responsible manner, with high road labor standards and attention to environmental justice. Robust NEPA analysis plays an integral role in guiding offshore wind development and ensuring the industry realizes its transformative potential as a solution to the intersecting environmental, health, and economic crises of our time.

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Congresswoman Luria, Labor and Environmental Leaders Tour Facility Showcasing Offshore Wind Training in Virginia

U.S. Representative Elaine Luria (VA-02) joined labor, environmental, and civic leaders for a facility tour of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 110 (UA Local 110) School in Chesapeake. A press conference preceded the tour and featured Rep. Luria and speakers from organized labor and environmental organizations in Virginia.

Offshore Clean Energy

BlueGreen Alliance Applauds California’s Bold Offshore Wind Goals that Will Expand the Clean Energy Market and Meet Growing Demand

This past week, the California Energy Commission (CEC) released a report establishing offshore wind goals. Newly adopted goals plan for 3,000-5,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind energy by 2030 and increase that projection to 25,000 MW by 2045. The report estimates that this will be enough electricity to power up to 25 million homes. 

Press Releases & Statements / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

BlueGreen Alliance Celebrates Passage of Transformative Reconciliation Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a budget reconciliation bill that includes $369 billion in energy and climate investments and will create an estimated 9 million jobs over 10 years. Additionally, the bill will reduce emissions by 40% by 2030, support economic and racial justice programs, and create good-paying, union jobs across the nation. With today’s vote, the bill will be sent to the president’s desk to be signed into law. 

Following the vote, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh.

Press Releases & Statements / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

BlueGreen Alliance Applauds Senate Passage of Inflation Reduction Act

The U.S. Senate today passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a budget reconciliation bill that includes $369 billion in energy, environment, and climate investments that will create an estimated 9 million jobs over 10 years. Additionally, the bill will reduce emissions up to 44% by 2030, invest in economic and racial justice programs, and support and create good-paying, union jobs across the nation.Following the vote, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh.

Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

Senate Reconciliation Bill Holds Massive Job Creation, Emissions Reduction Potential 

The BlueGreen Alliance immediately got to work combing through the more than 100 investments included in the Inflation Reduction Act and has completed an initial analysis of the potential job creation and emissions reduction benefits of just a handful of those investments. What we found is that those investments alone will create hundreds of thousands of jobs. 

Load More

No more posts